Judith R. Walkowitz

Judith R. Walkowitz
Born	1945 (1945) New York, New York
Nationality	American
Education	PhD, University of Rochester
Known for	Historian of Great Britain

Judith Rosenberg Walkowitz (born 13 Sep 1945) is an American author and a professor of history and women's studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her research and publications center on modern European political and social culture, with a particular focus on feminism and sexuality within British culture in the 19th-century. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} In 1993, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of British History. ^[5]

Selected Publications

• Prostitution and Victorian Society (1980) ^[6]
• City of Dreadful Delight (1992) ^[7]
• Nights Out: Life in Cosmopolitan London (2012) ^[8]

References

1. "Judith Walkowitz". Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
2. "Judith R. Walkowitz". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
3. "Judith Walkowitz". History. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
4. Gershon, Livia (10 September 2022). "Street Harassment in Victorian London". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
5. "Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists". www.gf.org. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
6. Walkowitz, Judith R. (1980). Prostitution and Victorian society : women, class, and the state. Internet Archive. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-22334-8.
7. "City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London". History. 15 October 1992. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
8. Sweet, Matthew (18 May 2012). "Nights Out by Judith R Walkowitz - review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 13 May 2025.